Toxicity and trace metal concentrations of sediments from Lake Maryut, Alexandria, Egypt

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 616-623

  Prenner, M M ^a,c   Ibrahim, H ^b   Lewis, J W ^a   Crane, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BARIUM; CALCIUM OXIDE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON OXIDE; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MANGANESE OXIDE; NICKEL; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; SCANDIUM; SODIUM PEROXIDE; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRACE METAL; VANADIUM; YTTRIUM; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LAKE SEDIMENT; LARVA; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER SAMPLING;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; EGYPT; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 37849187886     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-1107-7     Document Type: Article

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